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Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...education, leading to a collective change in behaviour. (Ersing, 2003, p. 262) Activity 1 The meaning of empowerment Timing: Allow approximately 15 minutes What does ‘empowerment’ mean to you? Reflect for a few moments then note down your immediate thoughts and responses. Some points to consider might include: When you think of the term ‘empowerment’, do certain...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work
Society, Politics & Law

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

...Education, 3, p.3351...Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work: 5.3 The importance of values - Whichever form of analysis you use, when deciding on your conclusions and recommendations, it is likely that the choice you make will be influenced by your underlying values. Often, law students are told that justice is merely the product of the application of neutral...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
An introduction to visualising development data
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to visualising development data

...education, or health. If the “scoring system” is fair, it should also provide us with a means of comparing one country or region with another, even if those countries have different sizes of population or cover different land areas. Transcript Making comparisons the fair way Making comparisons in a fair way is one of the major aims of statistics. According to Hans...
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Video 45 mins
Understanding service improvement in healthcare
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding service improvement in healthcare

...Education England (HEE), offers guidance and examples of how healthcare workers can adopt safe clinical practice and improve the safety of patients in the care sector...Understanding service improvement in healthcare: 4 What sustains the practice improvement? - Having ascertained what the service is, and having reflected on improvement criteria, we turn to the business of...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Information security
Science, Maths & Technology

Information security

...education on the top industry, security, regulatory and technology challenges facing InfoSec leaders around the globe. Eurotrash Security Podcast Direct iTunes An InfoSec podcast for the technically inclined with a dedicated European focus. Government Information Security Podcast Direct iTunes For public sector security leaders implementing InfoSec in their organisation....
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...educational well-being of the community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. To complete a course you need to be able to find about 24 hours of study time, over a period of about 8 weeks. However, it is possible to study them at any time, and at a pace to suit you. Badged courses are all available on The Open...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
What is heritage?
History & The Arts

What is heritage?

...Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List. This course concentrates on the ways in which these two very different entities, in two very different places, can both be understood as ‘heritage’. [Described image] Figure 1 The Great Barrier Reef, Whitsunday Coast, Queensland, Australia. Photographed by Walter Bibikow. Photo: © Jon...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
A short introduction to the English language
Languages

A short introduction to the English language

...education purposes, for navigation purposes, perhaps for protecting your online identity through the use of passwords, and so on. And none of these things – at least in the way they are done in modern, everyday life – would have been possible without the use of language. Part 2 Now watch the animation below, which gives a concise overview of what language is and what...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs